The friendship between Kansas Metropolis Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and the group’s TE Travis Kelce has at all times been strong. The 2 haven’t solely been a superb twosome off the sphere, however they’ve additionally led the Chiefs to 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances and three Tremendous Bowl wins collectively. That’s sufficient to type a bond. However that doesn’t imply the 2 at all times see eye to eye.
Followers have particularly been questioning in regards to the two’s political beliefs these days. Mahomes hasn’t particularly indicated his politics, however his spouse, Brittany Mahomes, has given indications she helps President Donald Trump up to now. In the meantime, Kelce, who additionally stays considerably below the radar in terms of politics, has supported his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, who endorsed Kamala Harris within the final election cycle. There’s no center floor there.
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With the group again for organized group actions (OTAs) already, Mahomes was requested about Kelce after the TE missed one apply however returned for the remainder. “I do know his physique feels good,” Mahomes mentioned. “I feel it feels higher than even final yr, earlier than going into final yr, simply because I feel he’s motivated to go on the market and have a fair higher yr than he did this previous yr.”
No drama there, simply soccer. This comes after reviews that Kelce is fairly mad on the manner President Trump has talked about his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Kelce has by no means outright spoken in opposition to Trump, and in a pre-Tremendous Bowl convention mentioned, about Trump’s attendance to the sport, “I feel, you already know, regardless of who the president is, I do know I’m excited as a result of it’s the largest recreation of my life, you already know, and having the president there, you already know, it’s the perfect nation on the earth. So, that’d be fairly cool.”
Nonetheless, on Might 16, on the social media app Reality Social, President Trump requested his followers, “Has anybody observed that, since I mentioned ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s not ‘HOT?’” That is removed from the primary time President Trump has talked about Taylor Swift, beforehand posting “I hate Taylor Swift,” days after she endorsed Kamala Harris for President.
Swift has been fairly open about endorsing Democratic candidates and talked about her want to make use of her voice in her 2020 Netflix documentary Miss Americana.
Kelce reportedly was fairly upset about Trump’s social media assaults, with the Each day Mail even reporting that Kelce was “seething” on the remarks. “Travis is furious that the President of the US is speaking negatively about Taylor,” sources instructed the outlet. “He’s so mad that he’s going to make use of it as motivation throughout coaching for the season forward, particularly if Trump continues speaking.”
They added, “Since Travis can’t say something publicly as a result of that might simply open one other can of worms, he has to determine methods to get it out of his system as a result of he would love to guard Taylor and stick up for her. However retaining quiet is the transfer he has to do proper now.”
No affirmation on whether or not which means retaining quiet on his actual opinions to his buddy and QB, however the two nonetheless look like on good phrases, or at the least able to deal with a brand new season collectively. As for Taylor Swift herself and Mahomes’ spouse, Brittany, who has been extra open about her help for Trump, that continues to be to be seen. Maybe they will put apart political preferences. Or maybe you simply don’t wish to be buddies with somebody who would help a person overtly insulting you time and again. Time will inform.